By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Election winner Friedrich Merz on Tuesday ruled out a quick reform ...

The former Real Madrid player, 37 years old, makes the leap into politics and joins Erdogan's 'A team' after being elected at ...

Germany’s conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz, whose centre-right bloc won the country’s election on Sunday, said the country needs swift coalition talks to form a ...

The center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its sister party, the CSU, led with 28.6% of the vote, while the AfD came in second with 20.8%, more than doubling its previous share. CDU leader ...

Since interest rates have risen, central banks around the world have faced losses stemming from the high interest they pay on ...

Ukrainians aren’t shocked—they have a lot of experience in the betrayal business. The mood here is determined—but grim. And ...

Merz’s “real independence” statement would have been noteworthy coming from any German chancellor. But it is even more striking when one considers the fact that Merz is a committed transatlanticist ...

After more than three years with Chancellor Olaf Scholz at Germany’s helm, Sunday’s election cemented the country’s lurch to ...

Following rare back-to-back economic contractions in 2023 and 2024, German businesses are hopeful that a new government ...

The band said it was not making a political statement but was worried about how much worse the country might get before their ...

As the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO, European countries are taking note — with ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin exclude Ukraine from talks as Trump accuses Ukraine of ...